[popup url="http://marketplace.troymedia.wpmudev.host/2015/12/finding-the-silver-lining-in-a-gloomy-year/" height="800" width="800" scrollbars="0"]Download[/popup] this column on finding a silver lining [popup url="http://marketplace.troymedia.wpmudev.host/terms-and-conditions-of-use/" height="600" width="600" scrollbars="0"]Terms and conditions of use[/popup] CALGARY, Alta. Dec. 18, 2015 /Troy Media/ – It’s hard not to say “good riddance” rather than “goodbye” to a year like 2015. There were good moments, for sure, but plenty more reasons to…

ISIS and the delegates to COP21 are all purveyors of apocalyptic ideologies

Download this column on COP21 Terms and Conditions of use CALGARY OUT CALGARY, Alta. Nov 27, 2015/ Troy Media/ - Oliver Tickell, website editor of the British magazine The Ecologist, wondered whether the ISIS attacks in Paris were motivated by a desire to undermine the UN climate summit opening next week, the 21st in the series…

With each new challenge to national security comes the danger that we will repeat mistakes of the past

Download this column on the war on terror Terms and Conditions of use NEW YORK Nov. 22, 2015/ Troy Media/ - The best news for Syrian refugees might be that an incoming prime minister and a departing president have refused to join the orgy of fear taking hold in some quarters. Both Prime Minister Justin…

Islamic terrorists are not the only group of religious people who commit violence

Download this column on terrorism Terms and Conditions of use TRAIL, B.C. Nov 19, 2015/ Troy Media/ - “La foi n’a rien à voir avec la morale.” Faith has nothing to do with morality. We came upon this piece of graffiti three years ago while in Tournon in southern France. It could have been written yesterday…

"By making Syrian refugees the enemy, we are playing into (the terrorists') hands"

If ever there was a lame excuse to turn away Syrian refugees, it is to be found in the straw man that opening our doors to desperate people will allow terrorists to sneak into our country. No question, Justin Trudeau’s pledge to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by Jan. 1, 2016 will strain our authorities to…

With new defence minister Harjit Sajja at the helm, Canada stands a fighting chance of averting a devastating terrorist attack

Download this column on terrorism for your publication or website. Price starts at $8 Terms and Conditions of use CALGARY, Alta. Nov. 12, 2015 /Troy Media/ – On Nov. 27, 2005, Mubin Shaikh met, in Toronto, with members of a terrorist group. The group was establishing a terrorist training camp in a wooded area near Orillia,…

War should not be judged by its difficulty or even its outcome, but by the merit of its cause

FROM THE ARCHIVES WHITEHORSE, Yukon, Nov 11, 2014/ Troy Media/ - Remembrance Day is our most important national holiday. While it is a somber occasion, it elicits a sense of unity among Canadians that we rarely feel around the normally divisive subject of war. On November 10th, we may stand separately under our political colours…